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{{Short description|Italian physician, anatomist and surgeon (1533–1619)}}
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|birth_date = 20 May 1533
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|death_date = {{d-da|21 May 1619|20 May 1533}}
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|doctoral_advisor = [[Gabriele Falloppio]]
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[[File:Girolamo_Fabrici_d'Acquapendente_Tabulae_Picae_1600.png|thumb|The 1600 depiction of the [[sylvian fissure]] (in top right side) in Fabricius's Tabulae Pictae 112.10]]
[[File:Girolamo_Fabrici_d'Acquapendente_Tabulae_Picae_1600.png|thumb|The 1600 depiction of the [[Sylvian fissure]] (in top right side) in Fabricius's Tabulae Pictae 112.10]]


'''Hieronymus Fabricius''' or '''Girolamo Fabrizio''', known also by his full [[Latin]] and [[Italian language|Italian]] names, '''Fabricius ab Aquapendente''' or '''Girolamo Fabrizi d'Acquapendente''', (20 May 1533 &ndash; 21 May 1619) was a pioneering [[anatomy|anatomist]] and [[surgeon]] known in [[medicine|medical science]] as "The Father of [[Embryology]]."
'''Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente''', also known as '''Girolamo Fabrizio''' or '''Hieronymus Fabricius''' (20 May 1533 &ndash; 21 May 1619), was a pioneering [[anatomy|anatomist]] and [[surgeon]] known in [[medicine|medical science]] as "The Father of [[Embryology]]."


==Life and accomplishments==
==Life and accomplishments==
Born in [[Acquapendente]], [[Latium]], Fabricius studied at the [[University of Padua]], receiving a [[Doctor of Medicine]] degree in 1559 under the guidance of [[Gabriele Falloppio]]. He was a private teacher of [[anatomy]] in Padua, 1562–1565,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Westfall|first1=Richard S.|title=Fabrici [Fabricius, Fabrizi], Girolamo|url=http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/fabrici.html|website=The Galileo Project|accessdate=2018-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{MathGenealogy|id=125109|title=Hieronymus (Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente) Fabricius}}</ref> and in 1565, became professor of [[surgery]] and [[anatomy]] at the university, succeeding [[Falloppio]].<ref name=Smith2004>{{cite journal
Born in [[Acquapendente]], [[Latium]], Fabricius studied at the [[University of Padua]], receiving a [[Doctor of Medicine]] degree in 1559 under the guidance of [[Gabriele Falloppio]]. He was a private teacher of [[anatomy]] in Padua, 1562–1565,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Westfall|first1=Richard S.|title=Fabrici [Fabricius, Fabrizi], Girolamo|url=http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/fabrici.html|website=The Galileo Project|access-date=2018-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{MathGenealogy|id=125109|title=Hieronymus (Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente) Fabricius}}</ref> and in 1565, became professor of [[surgery]] and [[anatomy]] at the university, succeeding [[Falloppio]].<ref name=Smith2004>{{cite journal
|author1=Sean B. Smith |author2=Veronica Macchi |author3=Anna Parenti |author4=Raffaele De Caro |title=Hieronymous Fabricius Ab Acquapendente (1533–1619)
|author1=Sean B. Smith |author2=Veronica Macchi |author3=Anna Parenti |author4=Raffaele De Caro |title=Hieronymous Fabricius Ab Acquapendente (1533–1619)
|journal=Clinical Anatomy
|journal=Clinical Anatomy
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|year=2004
|year=2004
|pmid=15376290
|pmid=15376290
|doi=10.1002/ca.20022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/biographies/MainBiographies/F/Fabricius/1.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-05-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606121639/http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/biographies/MainBiographies/F/Fabricius/1.html |archivedate=2011-06-06 |df= }}</ref>
|doi=10.1002/ca.20022|s2cid=74432738 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/biographies/MainBiographies/F/Fabricius/1.html |title=Fabricius Geronimo. Latinized name of Girolamo Fabrizio |access-date=2010-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606121639/http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/biographies/MainBiographies/F/Fabricius/1.html |archive-date=2011-06-06 }}</ref>


In 1594 he revolutionized the teaching of anatomy when he designed the first permanent theater for public anatomical [[dissection]]s.<ref name=Smith2004/> [[Giulio Cesare Casseri|Julius Casserius]] (1552–1616) of [[Piacenza]] was among Fabricius' students.<ref name=Casserius1632>{{cite book
In 1594 he revolutionized the teaching of anatomy when he designed the first permanent theater for public anatomical [[dissection]]s.<ref name=Smith2004/> [[Giulio Cesare Casseri|Julius Casserius]] (1552–1616) of [[Piacenza]] was among Fabricius' students,<ref name=Casserius1632>{{cite book
|author = Julius Casserius (Giulio Casserio) and Daniel Bucretius
|author = Julius Casserius (Giulio Casserio) and Daniel Bucretius
|title = Tabulae anatomicae LXXIIX … Daniel Bucretius … XX. que deerant supplevit & omnium explicationes addidit
|title = Tabulae anatomicae LXXIIX … Daniel Bucretius … XX. que deerant supplevit & omnium explicationes addidit
|publisher = Impensis & coelo Matthaei Meriani
|publisher = Impensis & coelo Matthaei Meriani
|location = Francofurti
|location = Francofurti
|language = Latin
|language = la
|year = 1632
|year = 1632
|url = http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/089233.shtml
|url = http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/089233.shtml
|accessdate = 3 September 2010
|access-date = 3 September 2010
}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[William Harvey]] (1578–1657) and [[Adriaan van den Spiegel]] (1578–1625) also studied under Fabricius, beginning around 1598. Julius Casserius would later succeed Fabricius as Professor of Anatomy at the [[University of Padua]] in 1604, and Adriaan van den Spiegel succeeded Casserius in that position in 1615.<ref name=Casserius1632/>
}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Anselmus de Boodt|Anselmus Boetius de Boodt]] (1550-1632) also received his lessons there in 1586.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zylberman |first=Nicolas |date=2022 |title=Anselme Boece de Boodt, 1550 – 1632, gemmologue praticien. De Bruges à Prague, itinéraire européen d'un humaniste - 1ère partie |url=https://www.academia.edu/100681375 |journal=Ikuska |volume=53 |pages=53 |via=Academia}}</ref> [[William Harvey]] (1578–1657) and [[Adriaan van den Spiegel]] (1578–1625) also studied under Fabricius, beginning around 1598. Julius Casserius would later succeed Fabricius as Professor of Anatomy at the [[University of Padua]] in 1604, and Adriaan van den Spiegel succeeded Casserius in that position in 1615.<ref name=Casserius1632/>


By dissecting animals, Fabricius investigated the formation of the [[fetus]], the structure of the [[esophagus]], [[stomach]] and [[intestine]]s, and the peculiarities of the eye, the ear, and the [[larynx]]. He was the first to describe the [[Vein#Anatomy|membranous folds]] that he called "valves" in the interior of [[vein]]s. These valves are now understood to prevent retrograde flow of blood within the veins, thus facilitating antegrade flow of blood towards the heart, though Fabricius did not understand their role at that time.
By dissecting animals, Fabricius investigated the formation of the [[fetus]], the structure of the [[esophagus]], [[stomach]] and [[intestine]]s, and the peculiarities of the eye, the ear, and the [[larynx]]. He rediscovered the [[Vein#Anatomy|membranous folds]] that he called "valves" in the interior of [[vein]]s, though they were first described by Charles Estienne in 1545. Fabricius rediscovered them in 1574, and was the first to fully describe them including their function in 1603.<ref name="Scultetus">{{cite journal |last1=AH |first1=Scultetus |last2=JL |first2=Villavicencio |last3=NM |first3=Rich |title=Facts and fiction surrounding the discovery of the venous valves |journal=Journal of Vascular Surgery |date=February 2001 |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=435–441 |doi=10.1067/mva.2001.109772 |pmid=11174802 |language=en |issn=0741-5214|doi-access=free }}</ref> These valves are now understood to prevent retrograde flow of blood within the veins, thus facilitating antegrade flow of blood towards the heart, though Fabricius did not understand their role at that time. His pupil William Harvey deduced the circulation of blood.


In his ''Tabulae Pictae'', first published in 1600, Fabricius described the cerebral [[Fissure#Brain|fissure]] separating the [[temporal lobe]] from the [[frontal lobe]].<ref name=Collice2008>{{cite journal
In his ''Tabulae Pictae'', now kept in the Marciana Library in Venice, Fabricius described the cerebral [[Fissure (anatomy)#Brain|fissure]] separating the [[temporal lobe]] from the [[frontal lobe]].<ref name=Collice2008>{{cite journal
|last1=Collice|first1=M|last2=Collice|first2=R|last3=Riva|first3=A|title=Who discovered the sylvian fissure?
|last1=Collice|first1=M|last2=Collice|first2=R|last3=Riva|first3=A|title=Who discovered the sylvian fissure?
|journal=Neurosurgery
|journal=Neurosurgery
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|year=2008
|year=2008
|doi=10.1227/01.NEU.0000327693.86093.3F
|doi=10.1227/01.NEU.0000327693.86093.3F
|pmid=18981875}}</ref> However, Fabricius' discovery was not recognized until recently. Instead, Danish anatomist [[Caspar Bartholin the Elder|Caspar Bartholin]] credits [[Franciscus Sylvius]] with the discovery, and Bartholin's son [[Thomas Bartholin|Thomas]] named it the [[Lateral sulcus|Sylvian fissure]] in the 1641 edition of the textbook ''Institutiones anatomicae''.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Caspar|last1= Bartholini |author-link1=Caspar Bartholin the Elder
|pmid=18981875|s2cid=207140931}}</ref> However, Fabricius' discovery was not recognized until recently. Instead, Danish anatomist [[Caspar Bartholin the Elder|Caspar Bartholin]] credits [[Franciscus Sylvius]] with the discovery, and Bartholin's son [[Thomas Bartholin|Thomas]] named it the [[Lateral sulcus|Sylvian fissure]] in the 1641 edition of the textbook ''Institutiones anatomicae''.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Caspar|last1= Bartholini |author-link1=Caspar Bartholin the Elder
|title=Institutiones anatomicae, novis recentiorum opinionibus and observationibus quarum innumerae hactenus editae non sunt, figurisque auctae ab auctoris filio Thoma Bartholino
|title=Institutiones anatomicae, novis recentiorum opinionibus and observationibus quarum innumerae hactenus editae non sunt, figurisque auctae ab auctoris filio Thoma Bartholino
|editor1-last=Bartholin |editor1-first=Thomas|editor1-link=Thomas Bartholin
|editor1-last=Bartholin |editor1-first=Thomas|editor1-link=Thomas Bartholin
|publisher=Apud Franciscum Hackium
|publisher=Apud Franciscum Hackium
|location=[[Lugdunum Batavorum]]
|location=[[Lugdunum Batavorum]]
|language=Latin
|language=la
|year=1641}}</ref>
|year=1641}}</ref>


The [[Bursa of Fabricius]] (the site of [[Haematopoiesis|hematopoiesis]] in [[bird]]s) is named after Fabricius. A manuscript entitled ''De Formatione Ovi et Pulli'', found among his lecture notes after his death, was published in 1621. It contains the first description of the bursa.<ref>{{cite book
The [[Bursa of Fabricius|Bursa Fabricii]] (the site of [[Haematopoiesis|hematopoiesis]] in [[bird]]s) is named after Fabricius. A manuscript entitled ''De Formatione Ovi et Pulli'', found among his lecture notes after his death, was published in 1621. It contains the first description of the bursa.<ref>{{cite book
|last1=Adelman |first1=HB
|last1=Adelman |first1=HB
|title=The Embryological Treatises of Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente: The Formation of the Egg and of the Chick (De Formatione Ovi et Pulli), The Formed Fetus (De Formato Foetu)
|title=The Embryological Treatises of Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente: The Formation of the Egg and of the Chick (De Formatione Ovi et Pulli), The Formed Fetus (De Formato Foetu)
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|publisher=Cornell University Press
|publisher=Cornell University Press
|location=Ithaca, New York
|location=Ithaca, New York
|edition=
|year=1967
|year=1967
|pages=147–191
|pages=147–191
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0P-Av8DQQSoC
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0P-Av8DQQSoC
|accessdate=2 September 2010}}</ref>
|access-date=2 September 2010}}</ref>


Fabricius contributed much to the field of surgery. Though he never actually performed a [[tracheotomy]], his writings include descriptions of the surgical technique. He favored using a vertical incision and was the first to introduce the idea of a tracheostomy tube. This was a straight, short [[cannula]] that incorporated wings to prevent the tube from disappearing into the [[vertebrate trachea|trachea]]. He recommended the operation only as a last resort, to be used in cases of [[airway]] obstruction by [[Foreign body|foreign bodies]] or [[secretion]]s. Fabricius' description of the tracheotomy procedure is similar to that used today.
Fabricius contributed much to the field of surgery. Though he never actually performed a [[tracheotomy]], his writings include descriptions of the surgical technique. He favored using a vertical incision and was the first to introduce the idea of a tracheostomy tube. This was a straight, short [[cannula]] that incorporated wings to prevent the tube from disappearing into the [[vertebrate trachea|trachea]]. He recommended the operation only as a last resort, to be used in cases of [[airway]] obstruction by [[Foreign body|foreign bodies]] or [[secretion]]s. Fabricius' description of the tracheotomy procedure is similar to that used today.
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* ''De motu locali animalium secundum totum, nempe de gressu in genere'' (1618).
* ''De motu locali animalium secundum totum, nempe de gressu in genere'' (1618).
* ''De totius animalis integumentis'' (1618)
* ''De totius animalis integumentis'' (1618)
* ''De formatione Ovi et Pulli'' (posthum. publication 1621, but written before ''De formato foetu'')<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gilson|first1=Hilary|title=De Formatione Ovi et Pulli (1621), by Girolamo Fabrici|url=https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/de-formatione-ovi-et-pulli-1621-girolamo-fabrici|website=The Embryo Project Encyclopedia|accessdate=2018-04-14|date=30 September 2008}}</ref>
* ''De formatione Ovi et Pulli'' (posthum. publication 1621, but written before ''De formato foetu'')<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gilson|first1=Hilary|title=De Formatione Ovi et Pulli (1621), by Girolamo Fabrici|url=https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/de-formatione-ovi-et-pulli-1621-girolamo-fabrici|website=The Embryo Project Encyclopedia|access-date=2018-04-14|date=30 September 2008}}</ref>
* ''Opera chirurgica. Quorum pars prior pentatheucum chirurgicum, posterior operationes chirurgicas continet ... Accesserunt Instrumentorum, quae partim autori, partim alii recens invenere, accurata delineatio. Item, De abusu cucurbitularum in febribus putridis dissertatio, e Musaeo ejusdem'' (posthum 1623).
* ''Opera chirurgica. Quorum pars prior pentatheucum chirurgicum, posterior operationes chirurgicas continet ... Accesserunt Instrumentorum, quae partim autori, partim alii recens invenere, accurata delineatio. Item, De abusu cucurbitularum in febribus putridis dissertatio, e Musaeo ejusdem'' (posthum 1623).
* ''Tractatus De respiratione & eius instrumentis. Ventriculo intestinis, & gula. Motu locali animalium, secundum totum. Musculi artificio, & ossium dearticulationibus'' (posthum 1625).
* ''Tractatus De respiratione & eius instrumentis. Ventriculo intestinis, & gula. Motu locali animalium, secundum totum. Musculi artificio, & ossium dearticulationibus'' (posthum 1625).


==See also==
==See also==
[[File:L'opere cirugiche di Girolamo Fabritio d'Aquapendente divise in due parti - nella prima si tratta de' tumori, delle ferite, ulceri, rotture, e slogature - nella seconda, delle operationi principali di (14797988133).jpg|thumb|''The Oplomoclion, an orthopedic exoskeleton designed by Fabricius. In: Operationes chirurgicae'', 1672|alt=]]
[[File:L'opere cirugiche di Girolamo Fabritio d'Aquapendente divise in due parti - nella prima si tratta de' tumori, delle ferite, ulceri, rotture, e slogature - nella seconda, delle operationi principali di (14797988133).jpg|thumb|''The Oplomochlion, an orthopedic exoskeleton designed by Fabricius. In: Operationes chirurgicae'', 1672|alt=]]
* [[Anatomical Theatre of Padua]]
* [[Anatomical Theatre of Padua]]
* [[Bursa of Fabricius]]
* [[Andreas Vesalius]]
* [[Andreas Vesalius]]
* [[Galen]]
* [[Galen]]
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |pmid=16570293 |doi=10.1002/ca.20307 |year=2006 |first1=Sean B. |last1=Smith |title=From Ars to Scientia: the revolution of anatomic illustration |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=382–8 |journal=Clinical Anatomy}}
*{{cite journal |pmid=16570293 |doi=10.1002/ca.20307 |year=2006 |first1=Sean B. |last1=Smith |title=From Ars to Scientia: the revolution of anatomic illustration |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=382–8 |journal=Clinical Anatomy|s2cid=24706560 }}
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1159/000169109 |title=The Bursa of Hieronymus Fabrici d’Acquapendente: Past and Present of an Anatomical Structure |year=1997 |first1=A. |last1=Antonello |first2=L. |last2=Bonfante |first3=V. |last3=Bordin |first4=L. |last4=Calò |first5=S. |last5=Favaro |first6=M. |last6=Rippa-Bonati |first7=A. |last7=D'Angelo |journal=American Journal of Nephrology |volume=17 |pages=248–51 |pmid=9189242 |issue=3-4}}
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1159/000169109 |title=The Bursa of Hieronymus Fabrici d'Acquapendente: Past and Present of an Anatomical Structure |year=1997 |first1=A. |last1=Antonello |first2=L. |last2=Bonfante |first3=V. |last3=Bordin |first4=L. |last4=Calò |first5=S. |last5=Favaro |first6=M. |last6=Rippa-Bonati |first7=A. |last7=D'Angelo |journal=American Journal of Nephrology |volume=17 |pages=248–51 |pmid=9189242 |issue=3–4}}
*{{cite journal |pmid=1781155 |doi=10.1016/0165-2427(91)90003-U |year=1991 |first1=Bruce |last1=Glick |title=Historical perspective: the bursa of Fabricius and its influence on B-cell development, past and present |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=3–12 |journal=Veterinary immunology and immunopathology}}
*{{cite journal |pmid=1781155 |doi=10.1016/0165-2427(91)90003-U |year=1991 |first1=Bruce |last1=Glick |title=Historical perspective: the bursa of Fabricius and its influence on B-cell development, past and present |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=3–12 |journal=Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology}}
*{{cite journal |pmid=3526969 |year=1986 |last1=Brandt |first1=L |last2=Goerig |first2=M |trans-title=The history of tracheotomy. I |title=Die Geschichte der Tracheotomie. I |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=279–83 |journal=Der Anaesthesist}}
*{{cite journal |pmid=3526969 |year=1986 |last1=Brandt |first1=L |last2=Goerig |first2=M |trans-title=The history of tracheotomy. I |title=Die Geschichte der Tracheotomie. I |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=279–83 |journal=Der Anaesthesist}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{commons category|Girolamo Fabrici}}
{{commons category|Girolamo Fabrici}}
* {{DBI |title= FABRICI d'Acquapendente, Girolamo |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/girolamo-fabrici-d-acquapendente_(Dizionario-Biografico)|last= Muccillo|first= Maria|volume= 43}}
* {{cite web|url=http://himetop.wikidot.com/girolamo-fabrizi-d-acquapendente|title= Some places and memories of Hieronymus Fabricius|publisher= The History of Medicine Topographical Database (HIMETOP)|date=n.d.}}
* {{cite web|url=http://himetop.wikidot.com/girolamo-fabrizi-d-acquapendente|title= Some places and memories of Hieronymus Fabricius|publisher= The History of Medicine Topographical Database (HIMETOP)|date=n.d.}}


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Hieronymus Fabricius
Girolamo Fabrizi d' Acquapendente
Born20 May 1533
Acquapendente
Died21 May 1619 (1619-05-22) (aged 86)
Padua
NationalityItalian
EducationUniversity of Padua (M.D., 1559)
Scientific career
FieldsAnatomy
InstitutionsUniversity of Padua
Doctoral advisorGabriele Falloppio
Doctoral studentsWilliam Harvey
Adriaan van den Spiegel
Johannes Heurnius
Jan Jesenius
The 1600 depiction of the Sylvian fissure (in top right side) in Fabricius's Tabulae Pictae 112.10

Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente, also known as Girolamo Fabrizio or Hieronymus Fabricius (20 May 1533 – 21 May 1619), was a pioneering anatomist and surgeon known in medical science as "The Father of Embryology."

Life and accomplishments

[edit]

Born in Acquapendente, Latium, Fabricius studied at the University of Padua, receiving a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1559 under the guidance of Gabriele Falloppio. He was a private teacher of anatomy in Padua, 1562–1565,[1][2] and in 1565, became professor of surgery and anatomy at the university, succeeding Falloppio.[3][4]

In 1594 he revolutionized the teaching of anatomy when he designed the first permanent theater for public anatomical dissections.[3] Julius Casserius (1552–1616) of Piacenza was among Fabricius' students,[5] Anselmus Boetius de Boodt (1550-1632) also received his lessons there in 1586.[6] William Harvey (1578–1657) and Adriaan van den Spiegel (1578–1625) also studied under Fabricius, beginning around 1598. Julius Casserius would later succeed Fabricius as Professor of Anatomy at the University of Padua in 1604, and Adriaan van den Spiegel succeeded Casserius in that position in 1615.[5]

By dissecting animals, Fabricius investigated the formation of the fetus, the structure of the esophagus, stomach and intestines, and the peculiarities of the eye, the ear, and the larynx. He rediscovered the membranous folds that he called "valves" in the interior of veins, though they were first described by Charles Estienne in 1545. Fabricius rediscovered them in 1574, and was the first to fully describe them including their function in 1603.[7] These valves are now understood to prevent retrograde flow of blood within the veins, thus facilitating antegrade flow of blood towards the heart, though Fabricius did not understand their role at that time. His pupil William Harvey deduced the circulation of blood.

In his Tabulae Pictae, now kept in the Marciana Library in Venice, Fabricius described the cerebral fissure separating the temporal lobe from the frontal lobe.[8] However, Fabricius' discovery was not recognized until recently. Instead, Danish anatomist Caspar Bartholin credits Franciscus Sylvius with the discovery, and Bartholin's son Thomas named it the Sylvian fissure in the 1641 edition of the textbook Institutiones anatomicae.[9]

The Bursa Fabricii (the site of hematopoiesis in birds) is named after Fabricius. A manuscript entitled De Formatione Ovi et Pulli, found among his lecture notes after his death, was published in 1621. It contains the first description of the bursa.[10]

Fabricius contributed much to the field of surgery. Though he never actually performed a tracheotomy, his writings include descriptions of the surgical technique. He favored using a vertical incision and was the first to introduce the idea of a tracheostomy tube. This was a straight, short cannula that incorporated wings to prevent the tube from disappearing into the trachea. He recommended the operation only as a last resort, to be used in cases of airway obstruction by foreign bodies or secretions. Fabricius' description of the tracheotomy procedure is similar to that used today.

Julius Casserius published his own writings regarding technique and equipment for tracheotomy.[5] Casserius recommended using a curved silver tube with several holes in it. Marco Aurelio Severino (1580–1656), a skilful surgeon and anatomist, performed at least one tracheotomy during a diphtheria epidemic in Naples in 1610, using the vertical incision technique recommended by Fabricius.[11]

Books

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  • Pentateuchos chirurgicum (1592).
  • De Visione, Voce, Auditu. Venedig, Belzetta. 1600.
  • De formato foetu. 1600.
  • De Venarum Ostiolis. 1603
  • De brutorum loquela (1603)
  • De locutione et ejus instrumentis tractatus. 1603.
  • Tractatus anatomicus triplex quorum primus de oculo, visus organo. Secundus de aure, auditus organo. Tertius de laringe, vociis organo admirandam tradit historiam, actiones, utilitates magno labore ac studio (1613).
  • De musculi artificio: de ossium articulationibus (1614).
  • De respiratione et eius instrumentis, libri duo (1615).
  • De tumoribus (1615)
  • De gula, ventriculo, intestinis tractatus (1618).
  • De motu locali animalium secundum totum, nempe de gressu in genere (1618).
  • De totius animalis integumentis (1618)
  • De formatione Ovi et Pulli (posthum. publication 1621, but written before De formato foetu)[12]
  • Opera chirurgica. Quorum pars prior pentatheucum chirurgicum, posterior operationes chirurgicas continet ... Accesserunt Instrumentorum, quae partim autori, partim alii recens invenere, accurata delineatio. Item, De abusu cucurbitularum in febribus putridis dissertatio, e Musaeo ejusdem (posthum 1623).
  • Tractatus De respiratione & eius instrumentis. Ventriculo intestinis, & gula. Motu locali animalium, secundum totum. Musculi artificio, & ossium dearticulationibus (posthum 1625).

See also

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The Oplomochlion, an orthopedic exoskeleton designed by Fabricius. In: Operationes chirurgicae, 1672

References

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  1. ^ Westfall, Richard S. "Fabrici [Fabricius, Fabrizi], Girolamo". The Galileo Project. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  2. ^ Hieronymus (Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente) Fabricius at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ a b Sean B. Smith; Veronica Macchi; Anna Parenti; Raffaele De Caro (2004). "Hieronymous Fabricius Ab Acquapendente (1533–1619)". Clinical Anatomy. 17 (7): 540–543. doi:10.1002/ca.20022. PMID 15376290. S2CID 74432738.
  4. ^ "Fabricius Geronimo. Latinized name of Girolamo Fabrizio". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
  5. ^ a b c Julius Casserius (Giulio Casserio) and Daniel Bucretius (1632). Tabulae anatomicae LXXIIX … Daniel Bucretius … XX. que deerant supplevit & omnium explicationes addidit (in Latin). Francofurti: Impensis & coelo Matthaei Meriani. Retrieved 3 September 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ Zylberman, Nicolas (2022). "Anselme Boece de Boodt, 1550 – 1632, gemmologue praticien. De Bruges à Prague, itinéraire européen d'un humaniste - 1ère partie". Ikuska. 53: 53 – via Academia.
  7. ^ AH, Scultetus; JL, Villavicencio; NM, Rich (February 2001). "Facts and fiction surrounding the discovery of the venous valves". Journal of Vascular Surgery. 33 (2): 435–441. doi:10.1067/mva.2001.109772. ISSN 0741-5214. PMID 11174802.
  8. ^ Collice, M; Collice, R; Riva, A (2008). "Who discovered the sylvian fissure?". Neurosurgery. 63 (4): 623–628. doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000327693.86093.3F. PMID 18981875. S2CID 207140931.
  9. ^ Bartholini, Caspar (1641). Bartholin, Thomas (ed.). Institutiones anatomicae, novis recentiorum opinionibus and observationibus quarum innumerae hactenus editae non sunt, figurisque auctae ab auctoris filio Thoma Bartholino (in Latin). Lugdunum Batavorum: Apud Franciscum Hackium.
  10. ^ Adelman, HB (1967). The Embryological Treatises of Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente: The Formation of the Egg and of the Chick (De Formatione Ovi et Pulli), The Formed Fetus (De Formato Foetu). Vol. 1. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. pp. 147–191. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  11. ^ Armytage, WHG (1960). "Giambattista Della Porta and the segreti". British Medical Journal. 1 (5179): 1129–1130. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5179.1129. PMC 1966956.
  12. ^ Gilson, Hilary (30 September 2008). "De Formatione Ovi et Pulli (1621), by Girolamo Fabrici". The Embryo Project Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2018-04-14.

Further reading

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  • Smith, Sean B. (2006). "From Ars to Scientia: the revolution of anatomic illustration". Clinical Anatomy. 19 (4): 382–8. doi:10.1002/ca.20307. PMID 16570293. S2CID 24706560.
  • Antonello, A.; Bonfante, L.; Bordin, V.; Calò, L.; Favaro, S.; Rippa-Bonati, M.; D'Angelo, A. (1997). "The Bursa of Hieronymus Fabrici d'Acquapendente: Past and Present of an Anatomical Structure". American Journal of Nephrology. 17 (3–4): 248–51. doi:10.1159/000169109. PMID 9189242.
  • Glick, Bruce (1991). "Historical perspective: the bursa of Fabricius and its influence on B-cell development, past and present". Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 30 (1): 3–12. doi:10.1016/0165-2427(91)90003-U. PMID 1781155.
  • Brandt, L; Goerig, M (1986). "Die Geschichte der Tracheotomie. I" [The history of tracheotomy. I]. Der Anaesthesist. 35 (5): 279–83. PMID 3526969.
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